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Alasdair Monk’s ‘Lines’ App is designed to help London’s stressed commuters

A Londoner who wanted to know instantly how the Tube was running has launched his own iPhone app.

Digital designer Alasdair Monk thought current apps, which normally cost thousands to make and months to develop, were too complicated, so created his own in a fortnight.

The 69p download, called Lines, launched last week and shot to No.2 on the App Store travel chart.

It immediately shows the statuses of all the lines. Swiping one way gives details of delays and swiping the other allows you to check for later or weekend work.

Mr Monk, 24, from Wapping, said: ‘There’s a lot of ‘Swiss Army knife’ -style apps that try to combine journey planners, bus times and service statuses into one app but they end up achieving all of these things with moderate success rather than focusing on one thing and doing it well which is what Lines tries to do. I wanted to make the app that TfL should have made.’